today ive broke down my car and pull vavle covers to find out what the taping was and possible why it was running like crap and what did i find but a thrown shim....(wonderful) and it looks as if the bucket the shim came from is now jamed down what do i do now...? can i just do a vavle lash adjustment or is it really to late for that the cam looks find no scuff that not on any other one and what do i so with a stuck bucket.....??? do i need a new head and cams or is she just in for the top 60K. i have pics ill have sholover719 put on when he see gets back
Thrown shim help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sholover719
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pics of thrown shim
sry about the crapy pics, they were taken with my cell phone, sometimes it does a good job.
sry about the crapy pics, they were taken with my cell phone, sometimes it does a good job.
Definitely need a valve adjustment. I would inspect the bucket and see if it needs to be replaced. Chances are it needs it. Also make sure the cam is in good condition.
If you get a shim kit from SHO Source I can throw in a bucket if you need it.
If you get a shim kit from SHO Source I can throw in a bucket if you need it.
SHODWN
Mother Threasa
Well your going to have to pull the cam out, check the cam real good.. also once you get the bucket out it might have messed up the head. You might even want to pull the valve spring to check all the way down for your clearance. last one that I seen do this messed up the head.
I got cams, buckets,heads and all the shims you could ever need. LMK what you need. I might have a truck running down that way this week and "might" be able to deliver.
I got cams, buckets,heads and all the shims you could ever need. LMK what you need. I might have a truck running down that way this week and "might" be able to deliver.
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shadownos4
For The SHO
This Is the exact same thing that happened to my v8 I threw a shim and really screwed up the bucket. I had to remove the cams to get the bucket out, and after getting the bucket out I noticed that it had made the valve hole bigger and all scrapped to crap. Save yourself alot of time and fustration, take the head off have it checked for a bent valve and also incase any dibriss fell into the valve. I did not do this and I had a bad valve and anouther had a broken chunk of the bucket jammed in it. I ended up getting a used head and having it compession checked and made sure it was not warped. Plus I had to have the cam polished back because of a nick in it. I have finally got the car put back together and driving it. Just trying to save you some time and alot of bad words.
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93rev2sev
SHO Member
I have the same problem with my 93 3.0. It's now a parts car.
The problem is that the valve will not return to the fully closed position.
The only real fix for this is a head swap.
The problem is that the valve will not return to the fully closed position.
The only real fix for this is a head swap.
89SHOMAN666
SHO NUT!
It does not always do that much damage. My 89 displaced 3 shims and damaged 2 cams about 7 years ago. I replaced all 4 cams + seals with a nice matched set as well as the buckets and completed a fresh valve adjustment. That car has less than 4 psi difference on compression between all cylinders and it still runs great.
Don't make any assumptions before a careful disassembly to verify where your at. If it looks like you came out lucky then replace whats necessary and run a leak down test afterwords to test for any unnoticed damage.
My 2 cents...
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Phoenix
SHOHOLIC
Holy crap , these shims are super strong - its the first time I see ones that much *****'ed , looks like the 50 cent they shot on mythbusters with a black powder rifle.
JRA2000TL
The Complainer
I have a scratched/beat up shim on mine; makes a racket but the car runs fine. I did buy a new cam since the damaged shim pitted the lobe. No bucket damage I don't believe since the valve still opens and closes (makes a tapping noise like a diesel). I'm going to try to replace it when I take some time off around Christmas.
sholover719
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his tapped like that for like 20,000 miles and i kept telling him that he needed to do or somethen was going to happen to it, and it wasnt going to be good and well i hate to say i told him so but i told him so. mines got 160,000 on it now and its probably in need of at least being checked but ill worry about it after we get both the 1991 and his back on the road.
llamaking122
Green Machine
your a better man than i . i wont work on it in witer
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Meh it doesn't get COLD where Jeremy lives down there in Alabama. I don't blame you for not working in the winter either.
we kinda have a garage so its not to bad on side has mor room than the other but a nice space heater and closed doors we have no problem i dont matt does he cant move his hands we are going to look throught the yard for a few shos if were lucky well find 2 and be able to pull 3 heads tommorow not that we really have the money but i cant drive matts car forever
looks like pulling the heads on my car now ugh tired of pulling heads lol but i took the old head off the 91 we bought resurfaced it and i think im gonna pull the old head and put the 91 head on and then do a vavle ajustment and pray nothing goes wrong i think ill save up alil more and do rod bearings while im there just becase ive done most every thing else and those would be the next to go .....lol so im gonna get ahead
93rev2sev
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Mostly fixed
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